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Another Big Reason to Think Oil Prices Aren't Going Up Soon
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0 C1 w: H4 T& K- E4 F+ g! _by Tom Randall
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Oil just had its first weekly decline in a month, breaking a rally in crude prices. A bit of context: After what's happened over the last year, "rally" seems a bit of an overstatement.
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7 e! v1 J v- U+ j3 V3 bOne big factor that may be driving prices down this week: The U.S. is pumping so much oil it's running out of places to stash it. ; {" C$ P6 I9 ]$ M# c
Crude oil in storage in the U.S. has jumped to the highest levels in at least 80 years, according to a Bloomberg Industries analysis. The EIA this week reported that U.S. inventories rose 7.7 million barrels to 425.6 million. That's more than 20 percent higher than the five-year average.
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/ D5 R! \1 q* I+ H, g7 UThe buildup of supply has been "colossal" and is responsible for oil prices falling this week, Thomas Finlon, director of Energy Analytics Group LLC, told Bloomberg News. 1 ]" _/ }% Y1 B3 f I
Winter weather and refinery outages have contributed to the supply glut. Even when those conditions subside, topped-out inventories and continued production growth may continue to suppress oil prices for the near- and medium-term, according to Bloomberg Industries. 3 @5 L1 q5 P$ C: S- L
Meanwhile, the U.S. is pumping oil at a faster pace than any time since 1972.
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' f0 W- ]5 q; a6 T. l; d5 oU.S. oil production since 1983. Source: EIA
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